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Braveheart

Braveheart

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** **********Disclaimer***This Is A Farm Post***This Post Deals With Death…(again)********** This is one of those posts I didn’t want to write….. Brave died on Saturday….. It was sudden…and yet…it wasn’t….. His appetite had waned over the last year or so…and we didn’t know why….. We thought maybe he was depressed after Claire’s death….. …..but he had Pepper for company since December(?)….. We were treating him for ulcers with aloe vera gel and probiotics…they seemed…

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Horse Flies

Horse Flies

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** You’ve got your common house flies…and gnats…and no-see-ums…and fruit flies….. *****(Information on Horse & Deer Flies)***** …..but the Big Mama’s of the fly-community are the gargantuan horse flies….. They mean business…they are Humvees with wings…and an oil rig drilling proboscis….. It usually takes more than a few slaps and a well-placed stomp to take them out….. …..(along with some ever-ready chickens to peck them into oblivion)….. Normal flies are annoying…some bite…but mostly they…

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~~~Trooper’s On A Diet~~~

~~~Trooper’s On A Diet~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** When we first got Trooper…he was skinny….. Actually he was a mess….. A good friend had found him and seen his condition and needed to find him a home….. …..so she called us….. We needed a buck at that point………….the timing was perfect….. Storm Trooper is a registered Saanen dairy goat…he had been a 4H or FFA (Future Farmers of America) project…but somewhere along the way…Trooper hit hard times….. When he arrived on…

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~~~Mark Your Calendars~~~

~~~Mark Your Calendars~~~

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I had forgotten to mention….. …..with my older daughter’s recent fence repairs….. Claire has been put into the same pasture with Brave…once again….. …..for obvious reasons….. If you count a mare’s months of gestation on your fingers and toes….. …..you’ll come up with about eleven months (give or take)….. …..and it’s that “give or take” and wondering when the baby will actually arrive…that makes me loose my stomach lining and pull out my…

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~~~Claire’s Getting There~~~

~~~Claire’s Getting There~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Claire continues to make a come back….. She’s had “Me-Time” for quite a few months now….. Finley was packed off to his father’s pasture at the beginning of summer for weaning and manners….. Brave provided a willing opportunity for both….. In the meantime….. …..Claire has had a chance to relax…..eat good food (all by herself)…..have extra yummy-scrumptious supplements and oils and…

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~Insomnia vs. Restful Sleep~

~Insomnia vs. Restful Sleep~

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You know that sixth sense…..? We all have it….. I’ve always encouraged my daughter’s to listen to what their instincts are telling them. When you’re around animals as much as we are….. …..you inadvertently hone “that feeling” to a fine edge… …..even when you’re sleeping….. Remember that restful night’s sleep that was easily had as a child…..?….. …..well, that’s been long gone….. Recently “something” woke me up in the wee hours of the morning….. …..(something other than my bladder)….. …..but…

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~~~Claire And Her Colt~~~

~~~Claire And Her Colt~~~

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Bright and early the next morning…..(or was it just a continuation of the dawn’s twilight from the extended night we just went through?)….. …..Doctor Stevie Wonder arrived….. Patrice (See Glossary) was hauled up over my pajamas…..and we staggered out to the barn again….. …..it’s important to have a foal and mare checked as early as possible after any delivery….. There are some very important tests that need to be done….. …..the afterbirth needs to be evaluated by the veterinarian…… …..and…

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~~~N. N. Y. (No Name Yet) continued~~~

~~~N. N. Y. (No Name Yet) continued~~~

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*****Disclaimer*****This Is A Farm Blog*****With Graphic Photos***** When my older daughter went out to stall Claire for the night….. …..she called from the pasture to tell me that Claire was in labor….. …..So…..Game On!….. …..my younger daughter and I booked it for the barn….. …..towels flailing…..jackets hanging by one arm…..shoes half on….. …..(you know……totally prepared)….. Rhiannon was called….. …..she came immediately….. …..she wanted to help Brave’s baby into the world….. …..she skidded into the barn’s breezeway just in time….. Claire…

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~~~~~N. N. Y.~~~~~

~~~~~N. N. Y.~~~~~

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N. N. Y. —–stands for “No Name Yet”….. He’s Robust…..He’s Big…..He’s Here!!!!! Claire is healthy and doing fine….. N. N. Y.  is healthy and doing fine….. That’s all I hoped and prayed for….. My older daughter and I are exhausted….. I know that Claire did all the work….. …..but damn…..we’re exhausted….. There’s so much more to post about…..but there’s so much to do….. …..more later…..          

*****…..’Sup…..Claire?*****

*****…..’Sup…..Claire?*****

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As predictions go….. …..was it Tuesday…..?….. …..or…..was it……Thursday…..?….. Yep…..?….. Nope….. I can’t resist putting in more udder photos here….. …..you know I can’t….. …..Claire’s not talking….. …..Brave’s a good-time-Charlie….. So all I have is my overly-compulsive use of my (apparently now derelict) little camera….. …..(I can’t keep up with technology…..you blink…..and you’re immediately out-of-date)….. …..(that’s another story/for another day)….. …..but in the meantime….. I’ll continue to chase Claire around with my reliable/obsolete camera….. …..and take photos of her udder…..to compare…

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